Allamah Zia Al-Mustafa Sahib is a well known scholar who has taught Hadith for over 40 years in India. He has memorized 60,000 Hadiths with their chain of narrators and authenticity. His students, who have become scholars in their own right, number in the thousands. He has been nominated as successor (khalifa) of Mufti Azam-e-Hind Mustafa Akhtar Rida Khan.